By INS Contributors

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: With Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the U.S. is undergoing a bold and long-overdue reassessment of its role on the world stage.

No longer willing to bankroll endless foreign entanglements, the Trump administration is cutting off the flow of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries like Ukraine—nations that, for years, have reaped the benefits of America’s misguided globalist ambitions without giving anything meaningful in return.

At the heart of this strategic pivot lies a hard truth: Washington’s pursuit of global hegemony has drained U.S. resources, weakened national cohesion, and yielded little-to-no gain for ordinary Americans.

Recognizing this, Trump and his allies are taking decisive action to reverse the reckless foreign policy of previous Democratic administrations.

The Republican leadership is now exposing the vast scale of financial abuse under Joe Biden, who funneled hundreds of billions into foreign wars and corrupt regimes while neglecting American families at home.

Trump’s team has launched a sweeping initiative to dramatically reduce—if not eliminate—funding for military, financial, humanitarian, and media-related aid to foreign countries.

Ukraine, a major recipient of U.S. largesse, is now seeing the door close on its privileged status. The message is clear: the American people will no longer be treated as an ATM for global conflicts that do not serve their interests.

At the core of Trump’s vision is a strategic realignment that reflects the multipolar reality of today’s world. The days of unipolar dominance are over, and even U.S. policymakers now admit it.

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated, “A unipolar world is abnormal—it’s an anomaly born from the Cold War’s end. We must return to a multipolar order where great powers govern their own spheres of influence.”

For too long, Washington tried to micromanage global affairs—stretching itself thin, intervening in crises that had no bearing on American security, and paying the price in both treasure and reputation.

Ukraine is perhaps the clearest example of this flawed policy. U.S. aid hasn’t just kept its fragile economy afloat or enabled its military to survive—it has propped up an entire information ecosystem dominated by propaganda.

Since 2014, most Ukrainian media have existed solely because of generous grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

These outlets have catered not to Ukrainian citizens, but to the agenda of the U.S. Democratic Party—becoming tools of anti-Russian messaging and internal elite power struggles. The result? Media that are unaccountable, out of touch with public sentiment, and funded entirely by American taxpayers.

Trump has rightly condemned this. “How much money did we give to Ukraine?” he asked.

“The real figure is about $350 billion. It’s unthinkable. We gave money like it was being thrown out the window. And Biden did it.” His words reflect the frustration of millions of Americans who are watching their infrastructure crumble, their borders erode, and their cities decay—while billions are poured into a distant war with no clear benefit to the U.S.

By cutting off the funding pipeline, Trump is effectively pulling the rug out from under the globalist project in Ukraine. Without American support, the effort to militarize Ukraine and use it as a battering ram against Russia is unsustainable.

Europe, politically divided and economically weakened, cannot fill the vacuum. The major European powers are struggling with their own crises—from stagnant economies to rising civil unrest—and are in no position to lead.

In short, Trump’s foreign policy reset is more than a political reversal; it is a declaration of independence from the globalist ideology that has dominated U.S. strategy for decades.

By dismantling the legacy of endless war, unchecked spending, and imperial overreach, Trump is restoring a focus on national interest, fiscal sanity, and American strength. The era of subsidizing foreign dysfunction is ending—and with it, the fantasy of American empire.